Shots fired, man beaten in Allentown confrontation

A gunman who fired shots on an Allentown street Monday afternoon was beaten on the back of his head with a baseball bat, according to police radio reports.

City police later confirmed that two shots were fired at 4:37 p.m. in the 500 block of N. Park Street, and a man was hit on the head. But police did not say the injured man was the gunman, and police were not certain he was hit with a bat.

"All parties involved have been identified and our investigation is continuing on that," city Capt. Daryl Hendricks said.

No one was hit by the gunshots, Hendricks said.

Police earlier radioed that the injured gunman checked himself into Sacred Heart Hospital-Allentown about 6:35 p.m. It was not immediately clear whether the shots were fired before or after the beating.